Re: [NTLK] [ANN] Orbracer 3d

From: Calvin Grier (cgrier_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri Jan 07 2005 - 10:45:06 PST


This little jem deserves an old-school hacker salute! :-)

Very nice work. It's a sweeping view - even for a small device like the
Messagepad.

Does "voxel" mean that the surface could have height as-well, or is the
engine only a 2-D surface. I guess I'm asking if the rendering can include
visibly vertical walls and such.

--Calvin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eagan Rackley" <eagix_at_sbcglobal.net>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject: [NTLK] [ANN] Orbracer 3d

> Due to a bit of burnout trying to fix up my input on newtendo, I
> continued working on my mode 7 demo.
>
> What you have now is a little racing game, with very crude controls,
> that really shows off the graphical power of the Newton. Yes, I'm sure
> that much more impressive things could be done with it, but this don't
> look bad!
>
> The game doesn't acutally do much except send you back to the start if
> you hit a wall, or you could try to figure out what I wrote at the
> bottom of the map, that might give you about 20 seconds of enjoyment
> total (if that). It looks cool though, especially those of you who like
> to tout how cool your Newton is to other people, this might be a good
> one for that. I sincerely doubt you'll spend bathroom breaks playing
> with it tho...
>
> I put up a fuzzy screen shot, and a fuzzy movie
>
> I always enjoy hearing what people think
>
> -Eagan
>
> http://dev.newtontalk.net/~eagan/
>
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